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Teaching and Learning With The New York TimesTue, 03 Mar 2015 18:42:28 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gifNYThttp://www.nytimes.com
By: Ira Bickoffhttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/baseball-happiness-and-immigration-exploring-american-society-and-history-with-new-york-times-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-1776883
Sun, 22 Jun 2014 01:46:35 +0000http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/baseball-happiness-and-immigration-exploring-american-society-and-history-with-new-york-times-maps/#comment-1776883Thanks for the map lessons. I teach high school science and incorporate maps and literacy in Google Earth. I recently adapted a NY Times article about John Steinbeck’s Log from the Sea of Cortez and the current location of the Western Flyer. The material is at: http://Sailthebook.net

Sincerely,

Ira Bickoff

]]>By: Kevin Morrisonhttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/baseball-happiness-and-immigration-exploring-american-society-and-history-with-new-york-times-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-1656970
Fri, 02 May 2014 05:26:05 +0000http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/baseball-happiness-and-immigration-exploring-american-society-and-history-with-new-york-times-maps/#comment-1656970I love the map of New York Times. It gives students capability to compare and
correlate the differences and similarities between two maps. It’s a great post.
Nice for sharing worldwide.
]]>By: James Mulhernhttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/baseball-happiness-and-immigration-exploring-american-society-and-history-with-new-york-times-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-1656162
Fri, 02 May 2014 00:19:45 +0000http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/baseball-happiness-and-immigration-exploring-american-society-and-history-with-new-york-times-maps/#comment-1656162Once again, another fantastic lesson from The New York Times. Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind, differentiates between two modes of thinking, what he calls L-Directed Thinking and R-Directed Thinking. Certain tasks depend on the left hemisphere of the brain, and vice versa. The left hemisphere of the brain controls the right side of the body, is sequential, specializes in text, and analyzes details. The right hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body, is simultaneous, specializes in context, and synthesizes the big picture. An alphabetic culture, where text is the predominant medium, relies more on the left side of the brain. An iconic culture, where images have begun to supersede the print medium, relies more on the right hemisphere of the brain. Traditional learning, Robert Ornstein posits in his book The Right Brain has been too “left-brain” oriented (linear and sequential), with a lack of attention to the innate synthesis ability of the right brain. Daniel Pink concurs, making the case that as we move into the future, it’s the Right-directed thinkers who will be most successful. The fact is that we are now living in an iconic culture (Right Brain)–images have superseded text as the predominant communication medium. As teachers, we must recognize this change and prepare lessons for the students who now sit in front of us. Their learning environment should be different from the learning environment in which we grew up (I’m speaking for those who went to school before the Internet and the explosion of visual media in our culture). This lesson of The New York Times is perfect for the “iconic” sensibilities of students today. Images (photographs, charts, graphs, film, and art, for example) are excellent vehicles for teaching. We need to re-vision our methodologies and the media that we use to help students learn. This lesson in maps is a great starting point. Thank you.